Handle for cutlery



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S. E. JERALDS 86 E. R. LAWTON.

\ HANDLE FOB GUTLERY.

N0. 336,116. Patented Feb. 16, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OE icE.

SILAS E. JERALDS AND ED\VIN R. LAYVTON, OF CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT.

HANDLE FOR CUTLERY.

EPECEE'ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,116, datedFebruary 16, 1886.

Application filed March 8, 1884.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, SILAS E. J ERALDS and EDWIN R. LAWTON, both ofCheshire, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles for Cutlery andthe Like; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, whereby a person skilled in the art canmake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the let ters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters in the figures indicate the same parts.

Figure 1 is aplan view of a blank as cut from sheet metal in the firststep for the production of our invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of thesheet-blank when folded to tubular form, and also an end view showingthe sectioiroutline. Fig. 3 is an edge view of this tubular form,showing the seam where the edges of the sheet-blank are united. Fig. 4is a side view of the handle formed by bending down the projections atthe butt-end of the blank. Fig. 5 is an edge view of the bandle, showingthe seamless edge of the same. Fig. 6 is a view in cross-section of thesheetblank on plane denoted by line 00 w of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a view incrosssection of the handle on plane denoted by line 1 y of Fig. 4. Fig.8 is a view of the butt-end of the handle, showing the seam where theprojections join when the butt is formed. Fig. 9 is a view of a tubularblank, showing side and end views. Fig. 10 is a view of a tubular blankas tapered and having the but-tend out to form for closing, also an endview showing the sectional outline. Fig. 11 is a view of the handleformed by closing the ends of the tapered blank by bending down anduniting the projections.

In the subdivisions of trades and the meehanlc arts resulting from theextensive use of labor-saving machinery many articles are produced inparts in widely-separated factories, and are united or assembled intothe desired resultingform or machine at still another shop. A givenarticle bought from one specialist is subjected to further operations byasecond, and perhaps a third, manufacturer before reaching the finalstages of its incorporation in one or the other of the devices to thecompletion of which it may be essential. To this (No modeU general classbelongs the article that forms the subject-1natter ol'our presentapplication, and the particular class to which our improvement relatesis handles for table-cutlery and the like. It is obviously adapted toother uses; but it suffices to describe the article as made for thisspecific use.

' In the accompanying drawings, the letter a denotes a blank struck fromsheet metal of the desired thickness by any well-known method. The edgesof the blank illustrated are tapered, and the wider end formed withcircular projections a (6 whose bounding surfaces unite at the centerline of the blank. This blank is next bent into a tubular form ofcircular or oval outline of cross section in such manner that the edgesmay be united by brazing or soldering. This bending may be done upon amandrel-that is, withdrawn from the larger end of the tubular blank I)after forming it. After uniting the edges a (0* the projections are bentinward, as by means of dies, and the butt-end closed by uniting theedges by brazing or soldering, and the handle, so far as we areconcorned, is completed in form for sale to other manufacturers.

In Figs. 9, 10, and 11 is illustrated the form of the blank and handleas made by an alternate method, and in this we first cut from a metallictube a blank, (2, of desired length. Then form it to a taper and an ovaloutline of cross-section, as by use of a tapered and oval mandrel. Thelarger end is cut to form the projections d 11*, which are then turnedinward, joined, and soldered or brazed, forming the handle 0, as seen inFig. 11.

\Ve may make this improved handle in any form as to cross section, ascircular, oval, or oblong, with rounded edges, and with parallel ortapered sides for the whole or part of its length.

\Ve are aware that a hollow handle for outlery has been formed from aplate-metal blank by folding it to shape and closing one end by foldingover it a rectangular projection on the blank, as shown in the patent toC. Ulmer, dated February 4, 1862, No. 34,337, and a handle formed from aplate-metal blank with an end flap we do not broadly claim.

Our device possesses an advantage over prior blanks for handles in thatthe peculiarconstruction of the circular projections or cars and theirrelative position on the blank when it is formed or rolled up to thetubular shape, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 10, enable the end of thehandle to be closed between dies that bring the edges of the earstogether and form the rounded and oval end Without the aid of a mandrel.This is of great advantage in making handles that taper on all sidestoward the tang end, as a mandrel cannot be used in such in this finaloperation of closing the end. The curved shape of the edges causes themto meet in such manner as to fill out and round out the handle end intothe mortise or socket in the finishing-dies.

The method or process of making the article forming the subject-matterof the present ap-. plication has been patented'to us under date ofMarch 11, 188%, No. 295,016, and therefore no specific claim to themethod is made herein.

WVe claim as our invention- As an improved article -ofmanufacture, a

handle for cutlery and like articles, consisting along one side, acrossthe center of the rounded end, and terminating at the point where therounded end meets the opposite side, all substantially as described.

SILAS E. JERALDSV EDWVIN R. LAWTON.

\Vitnesses:

CHAS. L. BURDETT, W. H. MARSH.

